Tips & Tricks: Forward traffic logs to a syslog server

Tips & Tricks: Forward traffic logs to a syslog server

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Created On 09/25/18 18:56 PM - Last Modified 08/05/20 21:29 PM


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Need to forward traffic logs from the Palo Alto Networks firewall to a syslog server. For reporting, legal, or practical storage reasons, you may need to get these logs off the firewall onto a syslog server.
  • Create a syslog server profile.
  • Create a log forwarding profile.
  • Use the log forwarding profile in your security policy.
  • Commit the changes.


Environment


  • PAN-OS
  • Syslog


Resolution


Step 1. Create a syslog server profile

  1. Go to Device > Server Profiles > Syslog
syslog_server_profile.png

 

  1. Name : Enter a name for the syslog profile (up to 31 characters). The name is case-sensitive and must be unique. Use only letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and underscores.
  2. Name : Click Add and enter a name for the syslog server (up to 31 characters). The name is case-sensitive and must be unique. Use only letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and underscores.
  • Syslog Server: Enter the IP address of the syslog server.
  • Transport: Select whether to transport the syslog messages over UDP, TCP, or SSL.
  • Port: Enter the port number of the syslog server (the standard port for UDP is 514; the standard port for SSL is 6514; for TCP you must specify a port number).
  • Format: Specify the syslog format to use: BSD (the default) or IETF.
  • Facility: Select one of the Syslog standard values. Select the value that maps to how your Syslog server uses the facility field to manage messages. For details on the facility field, see RFC 3164 (BSD format) or RFC 5424 (IETF format).

syslog_server_profile_2.png

Your syslog server profile will now be created, as shown in the example below:syslog_server_profile_3.png

To facilitate the integration with external log parsing systems, the firewall allows you to customize the log format; it also allows you to add custom Key: Value attribute pairs.  Custom formats can be configured under

Device > Server Profiles > Syslog > Syslog Server Profile > Custom Log Format:custom_log_format.png

To achieve ArcSight Common Event Format (CEF) compliant log formatting, refer to the CEF Configuration Guides.


Step 2. Create a log forwarding profile
Go to Objects > Log forwarding. Click Add.

log_forwarding_profile.png

  1. Name: Enter a profile name (up to 31 characters). This name appears in the list of log forwarding profiles when defining security policies. The name is case-sensitive and must be unique. Use only letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and underscores.
  2. Syslog: Select the syslog server profile to specify additional destinations where the traffic log entries are sent.
  3. Click 'OK' to confirm your configuration.

log_forwarding_profile_2.png

Your Log Forwarding Profile is now created, as shown in the following example:

log_forwarding_profile_3.png

Step 3. Use the log forwarding profile in your security policy

Go to Policies > Securitysecurity_policy.png
Select the rule for which the log forwarding needs to be applied (Any Allow) in the following example:security_policy_2.png

Next, go to the Actions tab, select Log Forwarding Profile from the dropdown, and click OK when you are happy with your configuration:

security_policy_rule.png


After clicking OK, you will notice the forwarding icon in the 'Options' column of your security rule:
security_rule_options.png

Step 4. Don't forget to commit your changes when you're finished.



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